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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Hoon Oh, Gwangju, KR;
Ho Sang Park, Gwangju, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the body. The refrigerator includes a front side panel comprising a through-hole, a handle coupled to the front side panel to open and close the door, a handle fixing unit coupled to the front side panel while passing through the through-hole, to fix the handle to the door. The refrigerator also includes a reinforcing unit including a coupling hole to which the handle fixing unit is coupled The reinforcing unit is fixed to a rear surface of the front side panel to reinforce the handle fixing unit. The refrigerator also includes a guide part protruding from the rear surface of the front side panel to guide a position of the reinforcing unit such that the coupling hole matches the through-hole. The reinforcing unit is provided with a guide groove into which the guide part is inserted.